As part of ITV's From the Heart campaign, ITV Border is looking at organ donation - and how to increase the number of donors.

NHS research shows families asked whether they will donate a relative's organs shortly after their death say no 40% of the time. Even among those who have signed the organ donor register, expressing a wish to donate, one in ten families says no.

Fewer than a third of people in the ITV Border region have signed up to the organ donor register, which lets doctors know they want to donate their organs if they die in circumstances where that is possible.

This week, as part of ITV's From the Heart, we are looking at the shortage of donors.

If you want to join the organ donor register, you can find further information here.

ITV's From the Heart campaign, looking at the issue of organ donation Credit: ITV